Clothes hanger



y 13, 1952- c. H. M SPADDEN 2,596,576

CLOTHES HANGER Filed July 5, 1950 INVENTOR.

'C'HES EP HMC $94005 BY Patented May 13, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to clothes hangers and more particularly to attachments applicable to an existing wire clothes hanger to provide pads or guards for the shoulder portions of a garment supported on the hanger to maintain garments against creasing or being pulled out of shape while supported on the hanger.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide improved clothes hanger attachments mountable on an ordinary wire hanger to constitute guards or pads for supporting the shoulder portions of garments mounted on the hanger in a smooth and uncreased condition, which attachments are easily mountable on and separable from an ordinary wire hanger, which are of simple and durable one piece construction and are economical to manufacture from suitable moldable material, and which are neat and attractive in appearance and effective in use.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following description and the appended claim in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a fragmentary portion of a clothes hanger illustrative of the invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the clothes hanger portion illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view on an enlarged scale on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary cross sectional view on an enlarged scale on the line 4-4 of Figure 1; I

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view on an enlarged scale on the line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of the hanger portion illustrated in Figures 1 and 2; and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary bottom plan view with parts broken away and shown in cross section to better illustrate the construction of the device.

With continued reference to the drawing, the coat hanger of the present invention comprises, in general, an ordinary wire frame hanger I0 and two attachments, one of which is designated at II. As the two attachments are identical in construction, it has been considered sufiicient for the purposes of the present disclosure to illustrate one only of the attachments, the complementary attachment having been omitted for the purpose of simplifying the illustration.

The wire hanger I I) has a substantially straight bar I2 and two shoulder bars I3 and I4 joined at their outer ends to the respectively opposite ends of the straight bar I2 and interconnected at their inner ends by a twist or wrap I5, one of the shoulder bars being extended past the wrap I5 and curved to provide a hook formation I6. The two shoulder bars I3 and I4 extend along the straight bar I2 from the ends to substantially the mid-length location of the latterv and are spaced from and inclined away from the straight bar from the ends of the straight bar toward the mid-length location.

As wire frame hangers of the character indicated are well known to the art, a more detailed description is considered unnecessary for the purposes of the present disclosure.

The attachment II comprises a flat plate portion I! which is tapered in width substantially from one end to the other and is transversely curved to provide an upper convex and an under concave surface. The side edges of this plate are longitudinally curved and the ends of the plate are also curved and joined to the side edges to provide a continuous curve entirely around the plate.

Two oppositely disposed hook formations I8 and I9 are provided on the concave under surface of the plate near the smaller end of the tapered plate and receive one of the shoulder bars. for example, the shoulder bar I3, of the wire hanger therein. These hook formations I8 and I9 are spaced apart longitudinally of the plate and are offset relative to the longitudinal center line of the plate so that the shoulder bar of the hanger engaged therein will be biased to a position at which it is inclined relative to-the longitudinal center line of the plate.

A single hook formation 20 wider than either of the hook formations I8 and I 9 is: provided on the concave under surface of the plate near the wider end of the latter and is joined to the plate at a location adjacent the longitudinal center line of the plate when the hanger shoulder bar is engaged therein.

A pair of spaced apart and substantially parallel tongues 2| and 22 project from the hook 20 at the side of the hook remote from the plate I! and are positioned substantially radially of the transverse curvature of the plate. These tongues have a length such that when the hook 20 engages a shoulder bar of the hanger l0 near the outer end of such a shoulder bar, the distal ends of the tongues 2I and 22 will engage the straight bar I2 of the hanger near the corresponding end of the latter and hold the attachment against turning on the shoulder bar of the hanger. The hook 20 engages the curved portion 23 of the shoulder bar at the corresponding end of the straight bar 12 and holds the attachment against sliding outwardly along the shoulder bar while the tongues 2| and 22 support the attachment against turning on the shoulder bar. The edge of each of the tongues 2| and 22 provides a continuous curve and the tongues taper in width in a direction away from the associated hook 20, as is clearly illustrated in Figure 1.

The "bias .abetwe'en the plate and .the correspondingshoulder bar imparted by the slightly ofiset portions of the hooks l8 and !9 relative to the longitudinal center line of the plate holds the tongues firmly in engagement with the bar .12 and the corresponding end portion of the 'shoiilder bar 13. r The attachments may be formed of .a. suitable moldable material, such as syntheticresinpl'astic, hard rubber or metal, and are easily attached to and removed from the associated wire frame hanger. p

Each attachment-has a length materially less thanzthe hanger shoulder bar .to which it is-to be attached and has a widthonly :sufficient to --support the shoulder .portions of a garment in a smooth and ;uncreased condition. .In mounting aaniattachment on a hangerthe attachment is helm-substantiallyiperpendicular to the shoulder bar :of theqhangernear the-end of'the shoulder bar remote fromthe2hookformation it and adjacent the corresponding end .portion 23, and the .rshoulder :bar :is inserted between the two .hooks lit-and I19. Thefattachmentis thenturned through an angle of approximately 90 de rees :so :that the attachment;projects outwardly of -the'iadjacentendofthehanger. The attachment -is'.then1slid;along .the;shoulder bar toward the ;hook:'formation lfi' 'until thesendiof the attach- ;men-tremote from thehook formation is disposed inwardlyofzthe corresponding end-portion 2% of the:hanger. Theshoulder'bar l3is then engaged in the hook .20 of theattachment and :the lattachment moved along the shoulder bar -away from lthe Ihook :for'mation 1'6, care ,being taken -to hold:theiattachment in position -such that the 1 straight ibar IZJofIthe hanger willenter-the space between .the 'tongues12l and .22. Movement :of i the attachmentin 'the sam'e direction along the ishoulder bar is continued until'the hooks2g comes linto .rengagement Withiithe 'IClll'VBd portion :23 .';at

the outer end of the shoulder ibari-and rthe straight :bar 2112 and-send portion 23 are i'both receivedrbe- :itween' the distal .end portions TOfFthB'iWO tongues fi2l andia22. .lIhe' attachment isfthen firmly-mount ed on thexhangertagainstzunintentionalfmovem'ent. or adisplacement.

L.In;order to remove theattachmentlrom the manger the attachment .:is: merely slid along the Two similar attachments are required for each hanger, one attachment being mounted on each ofthe'hangershoulder'bars 13"and M'to properly support both of the shoulder portions of a garment hung on the hanger.

The invention may be embodied in other spe- V -cific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment-is,therefore, to be considered in all respects .as illustrative and not restrictive, the

' scope of the invention being indicated by the appended Fclaim rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the :meaning and range or equivalency of the claim are, therefore, intended to be embraced therein.

W hat isclaimed is: v A garment hanger attachment for supporting a garment shoulder comprising an elongated plate transversely curved and tapering in width from one end to the otheigapair c ifhookformw tions projecting from the .concave-surface-of said plate near said other end .and atlocations spaced apart along :the longitudinal center line .of the plate, said hookiormations facing iitrespectively opposite directions transversely. of saidplate and adapted .to receive a shoulder bar of: a wire garment hanger therein, a third .hook --formation projecting from the concave Sid-2 13f said plate near the mid-width location and -adjacent-said one end thereof andadapted-to receive a clothes hanger shoulder bar received in -said pair-of' hook formations, .said third hock formation facin transversely of saidgplate -in a directionopposite theadjacent hool;;formation-of saiclpair ofihook formations, and a pair. of tongues.projectingoutwardly of the concave side of. said;p1ate;fromrsaid third. hook formation 1 and spaced apart to :receive an end-portion of anassociated garmentihanger therebetween to support the attachment ingen- ;erativ.e positionnon a garment-hanger.

CHESTER I MAGSPADDEN V REFERENGES :CEEEB The following references are ofrecord in the of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number .;Name iDate 2,123,369 '=Luecke July; 12,;19-38 2,335,285 Kinney, ;Nov..30,; 1943 2,481,737 .Gartner, ;:Sept. 13,3 1929 

